About two weeks ago, on an application called Nextdoor.com which is intended to help communities knit together, I put out a notice that I was willing to organize a critique group for aspiring writers in the area. I received replies from several interested parties. After I’d received a number of them, I announced the first meeting of the group to be at 4:00 PM today, at my home, and that I would provide coffee, tea, bottled water, and snacks of various kinds.
About half those who had expressed interest said they would attend. Accordingly, I did a lot of cleaning and tidying-up, bought some very nice snacks, and generally made everything ready for the arrival of the other attendees.
A few minutes ago I received the last of the cancellations. Not one of the “interested parties” who said they would attend is coming. Most gave no reason for their cancellation.
“They” say that no good deed goes unpunished. I think I’ve just had a demonstration.
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